Re: Composite Video Monitor Question

[Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com>]

In article <l5GdnYaVZqVRHZ-jXTWc3g@comcast.com>,
 "OOAEOOMSNR" <abuse@aol.com> wrote:

> In terms of picture quality, features, etc., what's the nicest composite
> monitor you guys know about?  I love my Applecolor Composite Monitor IIe,
> but I was wondering if there's something better.
> 
> 

Commodore has made some nice ones.  The 1702, an old unit -- 13 or 14" I 
believe, had separate chroma and luma inputs which was (exactly) 
equivalent to what we call s-video today.  I've seem some C64's hooked 
to it with a very, very good image.  Notably superior to composite.  
Commodore was ahead of the game on that one.

Here's a shot of it:

http://www.myoldcomputers.com/museum/perif/1702.htm


...the Apple II does not output signals that could make use of or work 
with that monitor.  Well, I suppose you could extract s-video from the 
RGB port of a IIgs with a device, but you're better off with an RGB 
monitor than an s-video monitor anyway.  

Bit o' history.



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